Vigil (disambiguation)

Vigil (from the Latin vigilia Awake, vigil, vigils plural ) is:

In liturgical terms:

  • A part of the monastic hours prayer, prayed at night or early in the morning. See: Matins and also Mette.
  • A " vigil " in front of large festivals, especially the Easter Vigil, the mother of all vigils ( "Full Vigil " )
  • In the broader sense of the day before a holiday, for example, December 24 as Vigil of Christmas. However, the forms were measured by the liturgical reform for Vigil days (which were already in the morning celebrated ) largely abolished.
  • The funeral ceremony the night before the funeral; also the funeral service the evening before the year day

In book titles, movie titles or albums here Title:

  • Ernst Koch: Vigils of the poor right candidate Leonhard Emil Hubert
  • Stanisław Przybyszewski: Vigils, Berlin, 1895
  • Albert H. Rausch: Vigils. Missa Solemnis, dream of fidelity, Tristan, seals, prose, verse, 1911
  • Gerhard Storz: Goethe- vigils or experiments in the art to understand poetry, Stuttgart, 1953
  • Leopold Schefer: Vigils, poems, 1843
  • Fish Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors
  • Archibald Joseph Cronin: Vigil in the Night, 1940 ( German: The fateful night ), novel and film
  • Vincent Ward: Vigil, Film, 1984

As a first name:

  • Short form of Vigilius
  • Vigil Raber
  • Juan Vigil de Quiñones y Labiada, Bishop of Segovia, Archbishop of Valladolid (1607-1616)

As a surname:

  • Diego Vigil Cocana (1799-1845), President of Central American
  • Donaciano Vigil (1802-1877), Territorial Governor of New Mexico
  • Federico García Vigil ( b. 1941 ), Uruguayan conductor and composer
  • Mark Vigil (born 1954 ), American composer
  • José Luis Martín Vigil (1919-2011), Spanish writer
  • José María Vigil ( b. 1946 ), Spanish liberation theologian

In geographical names:

As a pet name:

  • Sign Hornbill ( Buceros vigil )

The name of a military operation:

  • Operation Fiery Vigil

As a product name:

  • The trade name of a drug with the drug of modafinil to treat narcolepsy or sleep apnea syndrome
  • The name of an AAD of the Belgian company Advanced Aerospace Designs for skydivers
  • The name of an internal software Studios THQ, see Vigil Games

See also:

  • Vigilance
  • Vigil
  • Disambiguation
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